Rights and Responsibilities in Behavioral Healthcare - For Clinical Social Workers, Consumers, and Third Parties by Robert Booth

This publication describes the elements of effective behavioral healthcare and the rights and responsibilities of the participants involved in its delivery: the client as consumer, the practitioner, and the third-party entity. After a thorough review of three-party interactions, the Center for Clinical Social Work, Inc., concludes that “client need” should be the driving force in the provision of services; to that end, the ethical means for delivering competent behavioral healthcare are herein identified and discussed.